Changelog

Includes all new functionality and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.8.10.

Improvements

• On Android, it is now possible to use the app without giving the "All files" permission, however when doing so you can only store vaults inside the app storage.
• A small banner requesting feedback may appear at the top of settings. This is only visible for users with significant app usage. Once dismissed, it will never ask you again.
• Improved the onboarding flow to make it more clear that Sync is optional and make it easier to jump directly into vault creation.

No longer broken

• Shared Sync vaults are now included in the list of existing vaults during onboarding.
• Fixed bug where obsidian:// URIs would not fire their action if the app was previously closed.
• The navigation bar now shows up immediately when the keyboard closes.
• On Android, closing the keyboard keeps the editor focused. This fixes some keyboard functions like voice-to-text.

No longer broken

• Fixed several issues with numbered lists getting numbered incorrectly, such as when list items have leading spaces, or appear inside neighboring block quotes.
• Desktop-only: Fixed choppiness when resizing the app window.

Improvements

• On Android, you can now store vaults inside the app private storage which does not require "All files" permission.
• A small banner requesting feedback may appear at the top of settings. This is only visible for users with significant app usage. Once dismissed, it will never ask you again.
• Improved the onboarding flow to make it more clear that Sync is optional and make it easier to jump directly into vault creation.

No longer broken

• Shared Sync vaults are now included in the list of existing vaults during onboarding.
• Fixed bug where obsidian:// URIs would not fire their action if the app was previously closed.
• The navigation bar shows up immediately when keyboard is retracting, instead of waiting for it to finish.
• On Android, using physical keyboards and voice-to-text inputs no longer loses focus.

No longer broken

• Fixed several issues with numbered lists getting numbered incorrectly, such as when list items have leading spaces, or appear inside neighboring block quotes.
• Desktop-only: Fixed choppiness when resizing the app window.

Includes all new functionality and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.8.9.

No longer broken

• Android: Fixed regression causing large vaults to take significantly longer to load and save the cache (bug since Chromium 130).
• Onboarding: Improved clarity around managed and self-managed passwords for Obsidian Sync.

Improvements

• Updated in-app translations.
• Improved app performance when a tree view (e.g. File explorer) is displaying a large number of items.
• Updated app settings to reflect changes to the Commercial license.
• List auto-numbering now preserves custom starting numbers.
• When "Smart indent lists" is disabled, the editor no longer automatically renumbers lists.
• Obsidian Sync: Added a warning before connecting to a remote vault if the vault is already managed by a third-party sync service that could cause conflicts.

No longer broken

• Fixed regression causing large vaults to take significantly longer to load and save the cache (bug since Electron 33).
• Live preview now correctly renders - - - as a horizontal rule.
• Notes with corrupted fold information can now be opened.
• Tables inside embeds will now render full width.
• Checklist items inside loose lists are indented correctly.
• Clicking inside a PDF view now focuses the view.
• Folding a list item in reading mode now persists when switching to edit mode.
• If properties are hidden, pressing Down Arrow from the inline title focuses the editor.
• Creating a new vault via the "Quick start" button now opens welcome.md.
• Link suggestions now include files with extensions registered by plugins.
• Fixed numbered lists getting numbered incorrectly when nested inside a bulleted list.
• Clicking on a stacked tab in reading mode will now properly scroll the tab into view.

Third-party libraries

• The installer has been updated to Electron 34.3.0. This includes a fix for menus not appearing correctly when right-clicking on macOS.

Includes all new functionality and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.8.9.

No longer broken

• Onboarding: Improved clarity around managed and self-managed passwords for Obsidian Sync.

No longer broken

• File changes made shortly after opening the app now properly save to File Recovery.
• Fixed numbered lists getting numbered incorrectly when nested inside a bulleted list.
• Clicking on a stacked tab in reading mode will now properly scroll the tab into view.

Includes all new functionality and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.8.8.

No longer broken

• Android: Fixed regression causing large vaults to take significantly longer to load and save the cache (bug since Chromium 130).

Improvements

• Updated translations.
• Improved app performance when a tree view (e.g. File explorer) is displaying a large number of items.
• Updated app settings to reflect changes to the Commercial license.
• List auto-numbering now preserves custom starting numbers.
• Obsidian Sync: Added a warning before connecting to a remote vault if the vault is already managed by a third-party sync service that could cause conflicts.
• When "Smart indent lists" is disabled, the editor no longer automatically renumbers lists.

No longer broken

• Fixed regression causing large vaults to take significantly longer to load and save the cache (bug since Electron 33).
• Live preview now correctly renders - - - as a horizontal rule.
• Notes with corrupted fold information can now be opened.
• Tables inside embeds will now render full width.
• Checklist items inside loose lists are indented correctly.
• Clicking inside a PDF view now focuses the view.
• Folding a list item in reading mode now persists when switching to edit mode.
• If properties are hidden, pressing Down Arrow from the inline title focuses the editor.
• Creating a new vault via the "Quick start" button now opens welcome.md.
• Link suggestions now include files with extensions registered by plugins.

Includes all new functionality and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.8.7.

No longer broken

• Android: The onboarding flow now has the option to use an existing folder as a vault.
• Fixed File Recovery and Sync crashing when iOS was in Lockdown Mode.
• "Toggle left sidebar" and "Toggle right sidebar" commands now work on phones.
• Fixed regression with sidebar pinning not being available on tablet devices.
• Fixed bug where pressing and holding on results in Global Search and Backlinks did not show the menu.

Improvements

• Improved the "Insert horizontal rule" command to behave more intuitively when used on a non-empty line.
• The title bar is now visible while the app is loading, allowing the window to be dragged and minimizing, maximizing, and closing on Windows and Linux.
• Outgoing Links: Right-clicking on links now shows the file menu.

No longer broken

• Fixed issue with adjacent numbered lists being considered part of the same list and having incorrect list numbers applied.
• Fixed issue where Shift-Enter inside a list did not add the correct indentation.
• Fixed missing CSS variable --font-mermaid for setting a custom font in Mermaid graphs.
• Web viewer: Clicking on results in the Web history view will open in the background if "Always focus new tabs" is turned off in Editor settings.
• Web viewer: Fixed issue with "Clear web viewer data" not fully removing the stored session data.
• Web viewer: Fixed issue with built-in Ad blocker not properly capturing web requests.
• Web viewer: Fixed bug where "Save to vault" failed without displaying an error.
• Bookmarks: Clicking a bookmarked URL will now open it in your external browser by default, unless you have Web viewer configured to open external links.
• Fixed regression in Mermaid causing some text to get chopped off when the window's zoom level was not 100%.
• Fixed page preview appearing unexpectedly after using Graph view then pressing Command/Ctrl.
• Fixed issue where dragging and dropping files into a property field caused old values to reappear.
• Fixed right-clicking on history navigation buttons unintentionally triggering navigation.
• Fixed bug where page preview would immediately hide when opening it from a pop-out window.
• Settings: Fixed issue where the attachment folder field didn’t display the selected folder name.
• Fixed issue where closing a vault with pop-out windows would not reopen when relaunching Obsidian.
• Outline: Fixed scroll position issues when "Auto-reveal current section" was enabled and rapidly clicking different headings.
• Fixed Option-Shift-M hotkey not working.
• Fixed reading mode not properly folding headings when opening a file.
• Fixed changes to the folding API that caused some plugins to malfunction.
• Fixed issue where opening a file in a new split or new window didn’t focus the editor.
• Selecting a tab from the tabs menu will now properly focus the tab.
• All Properties: Fixed "Rename" menu item not being available if you select a property with Alt (Option on macOS).

No longer broken

• Fixed regression with sidebar pinning not being available on tablet devices.
• Fixed bug where pressing and holding on results in Global Search and Backlinks did not show the menu.

Includes all new functionality and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.8.6.

No longer broken

• Fixed File Recovery and Sync crashing when iOS was in Lockdown Mode.
• "Toggle left sidebar" and "Toggle right sidebar" commands now work on phones.

Improvements

• Improved the "Insert horizontal rule" command to behave more intuitively when used on a non-empty line.
• The title bar is now visible while the app is loading, allowing the window to be dragged and minimizing, maximizing, and closing on Windows and Linux.

No longer broken

• Fixed issue where dragging and dropping files into a property field caused old values to reappear.
• Web viewer: Fixed bug where "Save to vault" failed without displaying an error.
• Fixed right-clicking on history navigation buttons unintentionally triggering navigation.
• Fixed bug where page preview would immediately hide when opening it from a pop-out window.
• Settings: Fixed issue where the attachment folder field didn’t display the selected folder name.
• Fixed issue where closing a vault with pop-out windows would not reopen when relaunching Obsidian.
• Outline: Fixed scroll position issues when "Auto-reveal current section" was enabled and rapidly clicking different headings.
• Fixed Option-Shift-M hotkey not working.
• Fixed reading mode not properly folding headings when opening a file.
• Fixed changes to the folding API that caused some plugins to malfunction.
• Fixed issue where opening a file in a new split or new window didn’t focus the editor.

Includes all new functionality and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.8.5.

• Android: The onboarding flow now has the option to use an existing folder as a vault.

No longer broken

• Fixed issue with adjacent numbered lists being considered part of the same list and having incorrect list numbers applied.
• Fixed issue where Shift-Enter inside a list did not add the correct indentation.
• Fixed missing CSS variable --font-mermaid for setting a custom font in Mermaid graphs.
• Web viewer: Clicking on results in the Web history view will open in the background if "Always focus new tabs" is turned off in Editor settings.
• Web viewer: Fixed issue with "Clear web viewer data" not fully removing the stored session data.
• Web viewer: Fixed issue with built-in Ad blocker not properly capturing web requests.
• Bookmarks: Clicking a bookmarked URL will now open it in your external browser by default, unless you have Web viewer configured to open external links.
• Fixed regression in Mermaid causing some text to get chopped off when the window's zoom level was not 100%.
• Fixed page preview appearing unexpectedly after using Graph view then pressing Command/Ctrl.

Third-party libraries

• Updated Mermaid to 11.4.1.

Includes all new functionality and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.8.4.

• iOS: Fixed bug causing app to show a black screen after install.

No longer broken

• Fixed bug where pressing Enter inside a blockquote would not continue the blockquote onto the next line.
• Fixed bug where Canvas preview image would sometimes fail to display.
• Fixed bug causing some plugins to not focus the correct tab when they open a file.

Includes all new functionality and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.8.3.

Shiny new things

We've added a new experience when you first install the app. This guided flow should help new mobile users create a vault and understand how to have their notes synced across all their devices according to their needs.

Improvements

• The file explorer context menu now shows:
  • a folder's file and folder count
  • a file's creation time and modified time
• We no longer wait for iCloud to finish syncing your configuration files. If a configuration file was offloaded, it will be redownloaded and you will be prompted to reload the app once the file was been synced.
• Added a command to open the tab switcher. This can be bound to the pull down action.

No longer broken

• The active file will always be highlighted in the tab switcher.
• Fixed active file sometimes not getting reset when closing sidebar view.
• On iOS, tapping the status bar now always scrolls to the top of the active file. And scrolls to the top of the sidebar if one is active.
• Long-pressing on tabs in the tab switcher will no longer drag the tab preview image.
• Fixed Android keyboard auto-correction inserting extra text.
• iOS: Fixed rare bug where a folder would be created, but not detected by Obsidian until the app is rebooted.